Oh, Atlantis...

[meganbmoore]

Have started season 2 of Stargate: Atlantis.  This slightly-paraphrased exchange kind of sums up most of the show's issues:

Elizabeth: "We’re so glad you’re here and blowing things up in the safety of your Asgard-protected spaceship. Listen, our city is being overrun by alien vampires trying to eat us, do you think you could spare a couple men to help us with that?"

Captain: "Don’t worry your silly little head about that. Let us men take care of the important stuff, and I’ll send someone to step on that cockroach you’re so scared of later, ok?"

Remind me why I endure this again?  Oh yeah, Teyla.  And Elizabeth when they aren't being ruled by their fear of a woman in charge.

Comments

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I am sure you will be delighted to know that they never work through those issues. Though a lot of the time I am too blinded by my hatred of McKay to care about other problems the show has.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

This show does a great job of taking strong women and making them either helpless or useless, which sticks in my craw. Compare it to a show like Farscape or Burn Notice where you have very strong well used females and SGA looks old fashioned in comparison. Even Supernatural, say waht you will about their misogyny, had Bela and Ruby who needed no assistance to kick ass.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

hahahahah. Man.

Sigh. I want to take over the world. You got any WMDs?

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd use this icon to remind us all what a real sci fi show is. *g* I find Atlantis just laughably bad.